Tank-car anchor.



"L. E. KELLER.

TANK GAB ANCHOR.

' Ima'JE Kkllen \PPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 2, 1909. I 991,319. PatentedMay2,1911.

L. B. KELLER. TANK GAB ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1909. Patented May 2,

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5 [I (1 2 6 $16 17 J! 4, i J I anw'ntd LOUIS-E. KELLER, or OIL cIrY,PENNSYLVANIA.

rum-can ANCHOR.

To all whom it may concern: Be-it known that I LoUIs E. KELLER, a.citizen of the United states, residing at Oil City, inthe county ofVenango. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tank- Car Anchors, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the This invention relatesto anchoring devicesf or tank cars, and the principal object is toprovide an anchoring device which will securely holda tankto a car, yetpermit sufficient yielding movement of the tank relr ative to the car toprevent the fasteners for holding the anchoring device to the tankstraining the same and thereby avoid danger of the tank leaking.

In carrying out the object of the invention as generally stated above itis contemplated employing socket members adapted.

for engagement with the longitudinal sills of a' car and which have adovetail connection with an anchor carried by a tank, the said anchorand sockets being so formed'that the former has a limited movementrelative to the latter, so as to accommodate the movements of the tankrelative to said sills in such a manner as to prevent any undue strainbeing exerted upon the fasteners which secure the anchor to the tank.

, nected to the sills It will be understood, of course, that in thepractical application of the invention, the essential features of thesame are suse ceptible of structural changes and details,

but a preferred and simple embodiment thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l-is a side view ofja tank car,the

tank thereof being supported by and conof the car by the improvedanchoring device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the anchoring device.Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3, Fig.2-, a portion of a tank being shown connected to the anchor. Fig. dis asimilar view taken on the line is a detail perspective view of one oztthe sockets carried .a car: Fi 7 is avertical sectional view ta on onthe line 7+7, Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is an end view of the anchoring plate.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed no 2, 1909. SerialNo. 499,871.

' or may be,

"the plate 6, and'whose rivets or equivalent H, Fig. 2. Fig. 5' is abottom plan view of the anchor, Fig. 6

ates a car, and 2 the longitudinally Patented May 2,1911.

tank 3 has its ends supported thereon by the usual end-supports 4, andis also additionally secured thereon by the usual straps 5.

The anchoring device forming the-subject-matter of this invention is comsed of a concaved plate 6. which is shape to conform to the contour ofthe bottom of the tank 3 and is held in rigid relation therewith bymeans of the rivets or equivalent fasteners- Said plate 6 is providedwitha central opening 8 which permits the discharge pipe 9 of the tank 3to project through the same. The plate 6 is provided at each end with acentrally located outwardly p'ro'ecting extension 10 the'outer end ofwhic is,

in a straight vertical plane, as-in- 11, and whose sides 12 areinclined, the arrangement providing the extension with a narrow top andwider base and forming substantially a dovetail. These extensions maybe'int'egral with the plate 6, and, as shown in ig. 5 extendthrough thelongitudinal central ortion of the said plate and are cored outo'provide a rounding recess 13 the top portion of which merges into thecentral opening .8 formed through side members 14 fit dica ted atbetween the two sills 2 as is shown in Fig. 3.

A pair of socket members cooperate with the anchor ng plate 6 to holdthe tank to the sills 2, said socket members being of.

duplicateconstruction and provided with vert cal side members 15 adaptedfor a snug fit between the sills and having openings 16 formed throughthem for the passage of fasteners 17 which pass openings formed in the Atop plate 18 connects said side members 15, said plate 18 carry ing atone end a vertically disposed socket 19 the sides 20 ofwhich areinwardly in. clined complemental to the sides of the ex tensions 10' ofthe plate 6. The upper end of said socket projects a slight distanceabove the top plate 1.8 and is Provided with outstanding horizontallyarranged flan es 21 beneath which recesses 22 are formed or thereception of the inner ed e of the upper flanges of the Lbeams or si1tom of the socket has its edge 23 beveled to form a seat for ensurface-of the base;

The extensions 10 slightly smaller size than the sockets 19 so that whensaidso'ckets and extensions are through similar webs of said sills.

ange of said sills 2.

in dovetailed engagement, the said platte ti s 2., The bot-- agementwith the top.

of the plate 6 are of a n will have a sockets to'ia'ccommodate forthe'lurching or location would the anchoring plate 6 to hold the tankcar incidental to the tankstransportation.

Asis shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, vice is centrallylocated on the car'and the tank, and but one,- has been shown. Obvi- Iously more than one .may be employed when necessary or desirable, and insuch case their necessarilybe a little 01f from the center. v v

What I claim as my invention is l. A device {of the character des cribed comprising a plate carried-bye tank, and

a Hair of sockets carried {by a .car and with 1 which said plate has 'aloose engagement.

K 2. A device of the character described comprisin'ga plate carried byatank'and provided with, endextensions, and a pair of sockets carried bya car and with which said extensions have. a loose-engagement.

.'3.: A deyice of the', character described compris'mg'a plate carriedby and conformgagenient with the sillsj'ofga car and with .ing'to thecontour of the bottom of a tank, a

pair of sockets having an'interlocking enwhich said plate has. a looseengagement.

' 4. Af'device of ,the character described comprising" a' concaved'plate having cen-.

; trallj locatedoutstanding end ,extensions,'y

' T and" ajpair. of sockets with which extensions havealooseenga'gement.

'A'jdevice .of the character described lcomprising aflconca'vedplateprovided with 4 centrally located endexte'nsions the sides of Uwhich are inclined, and a pair of sockets having inclined walls withwhich Sam ex- 3 tensions loosely engage:

- comprising a" concayed plate -'6 .'A ,d'ey'ce ofthe" characterdescribed carried by a tank,- centrally located outstanding exfen=,sieps fromthefends of'sald plate,

" and; a of sockets havingjaninterlocklimited play within said theimproted, anchoring dethe combination'w-ith 7 ear, of a pair of sockethers;

ing engagement the sillsof a car andl i with which said extensions ha'vea loose engagement. I

7. In combination with the longitudinally extending sills of a car,members hating flanges'for interlocking en'- gagement with said sill-s,a plate carried by a tank, and end extensions carried by said a pair ofsocket plate and having an interlocking loose engagement with saidsockets.

8. In a device of thechara'cter described, the combination withthelongitndinallyex- .t e nding sills of a car, of a'pa'ir of socketmembers arranged between-said sills and having a r1g1d engagement therewth, and a plate earned by a tank and having'an 1n- .terlocking looseengagement with said socket members.

' 9. In a device ofthe tending sills of acar, of a pair of socketmembers arranged between said SlllS and having an interlockingengagement there-' with,.and a plate carried by a car and provided withend extensions having an interlocking and loose" engagement with saidsocket members."

"10. Ina device of the character described,

the longitudinally extending sills of a members having arigid'engagement between said sills and protided with flanges which overhangsaid sills'and also with a bottom rest which engages with the base ofthe sills.

character described, the combination with the longitudinally exand aplate carried by a tank and having 1 a loose "In testimony whereof Ihereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' Louis; E. KELLER. Witnesses:

FRED A.- STECK, JOHN M. MQGlLI engagement with said socket mem

